Attachment for cultivators



J. O. SIMMONS, SR

ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS Feb. 13, 1940.

Filed March 7, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 James S mmms,

INVENTOR I y I ATTORNEY.

Feb. 13, 1940. ,1. o. SIMMONS, SR 2,190,166

ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS Filed March '7, 1938 iSheets-Sheet James 0. -S1'172I110HSS1:

INVENT OR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 13, 1940 it i.

" j IainesOgSimmf A lication Mm]; '1, 1538,;Stifh1h. loans '1 This invention relatesto cultivator attachm'ents, particularly for the :cutting of grass and weeds from growing cotton and other plants, and is an improvementover Letters Patent of the 11:5 United States No. 1,682,182, issuedAugust 28,

Theinvention is especially designed as an attachment for standard cultivators and planters,

the object being to provide a simple device of this nature for the cutting of weeds and grass by severing such vegetation at the roots without injury to the growing plants. g,

The present invention which embodies the improvement seeks to provide a more efiicacious 15 manner of attaching the device to a cultivator shank which carries the sweeps orshovels, such arrangement providing a more secure and efii cient means for fastening the attachment in operative position.

- The new, and improved attachment will be readily understood from a perusal of'the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and in the drawmgs:

m the attachment, the shovel partly'broken away,

the view being taken along the line 2-2 of Figure'l,

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a clamping member used in holding the attachment in position, Figure 4 being a plan view of Figure 3,

Figures 5 and 6 are side elevational views, respectively, of the attachment rod, per se, showing the open loop formation as adapted to right and left positions on a cultivator shank and shovel Figure 7 is an elevational view of the open looped end of one of the attachment rods, and

Figure 8 is a plan view of a cultivator shovel,- showing one of the attachment rods in operative position on the shank thereof, the latter being 1: shown in cross section, with the rod partly broken away. v l i In carrying out the invention, a steel rod 1 of specially treated and tempered steel of approximately one fourth of an inch in diameter and of the rod to form a circular loop 2. The shorter portion of the rod beyond the loop 2 and as indicated at 3 is curved slightly so that when in position on the shovel and shank, the longer portion 1 Claim. (01. 97519;);

Figure 1 representsa rear elevational view of a cultivator, illustrating the improved weed and an enlarged detail sectional view of about ten inches in length is coiled near one end of the rod I will trail in an oblique position slightly to the :rear'l'of-thashovellorishovelsi as *:shown in Figures? 1 an'd 8.' Theishorterzportion of ithe lattachment-is thenzformed into an' open loop was at" 4; taiTh'e" rod ll as formediwith -,the, circular :ean'd .iopen'. lo'ops' is! made for right. and left ipo'si- 1 tionsslthat is oneorodqeachiistplaced on cultivator shanks on opposite sides of a plant row, in the manner shown in Figure l. The soil engaging v ends of the rods are thenin a cross position one 1 over the other. T Since the shanks H! of cultivators and planters are generally a slight forwardly inclined position, the open'loop formation 4 of the attachment herein described is so formed that its freelend I as at 4-01.. is on an arc of a different circlethan shank on the opposite side of a row of plants. The

free end 4-a of the open loop is accordingly bent or curved in a position to fit both cultivator 35 shanks, one free end 4-a of one loop'bein'g in a.

' position the reverse of the other free endof the loop onthe opposite shank. The loop 4 is adapted to be received in a clamp member B, such as shown in Figures 3 and 4. This member consists of a piece of curvedmetal having its sides as at 6 bent upwardly toprovide a channel and in this channel is placed the looped portion 4 of the attachment or rod. A hole 1 is formed in the body of the clamp member and a bolt-and nut 8 and II, respectively, hold the rod in position. The extremities of the longer portions of the rods I are submerged in the soil, the rods taking an oblique position with respect to the groundand the shanks'and shovels. Asthe cultivator. or instrument carrying the attachment. is. drawn througha field the stalks of theplants push the rods apart as they come in contact thereg with so that the rods drag by the plants on both sides and aILundesirabIe vegetation'is removedl The pressure brought on the loop portion '2 of the rods provides sufficient forcetocut the vege tation, yet is resilient enough topermit the plants g to pass between the rods without injury to the former. I v In aflixing the attachmentto the shovels or sweeps 9, the loopt is placed in the clamp member B, shown in Figures 3 and 4, the clamp member is then placed with its upturned edges 6 against the shank Ill; a bolt 8 is then placedfl directly on a. plane with the longer portion of the rod up to a point indicated at A and from this point the rod is curved as at 3, including the free end 4a so that the open loop portion is curved on itself slightly so as to fit the similarly curved clamp member.

" In some types of Cultivators or planters it may be necessary to afiix the rod or rods l thereto by the loop 4 and at a higher opening as at the hole l 0a in the shank H1, in order to avoid interference of the circular loop 2 with the shovels 9, which might be of such shape as to prevent proper resilient efiect of the rod or rods I;

The foregoing description discloses in connection withthe drawings a simple,practical and more convenient means for securing the attachment directlyto the shovel and shank of a cultivator and securelyholds the device in operative posithrough the shovel and shank, 9 and I0, respection. The attachment may, however, be modified to some extent in keeping with the spirit of the invention and still remain Within the meaning and scope of the claim appended hereto.

What is claimed as new is:

A \veeder attachment for a cultivator having a shank and shovel comprising in combination, a resilient rod adapted to be secured to the shank of the cultivator so as to extend laterally and rear- Wardly therefrom, said rod having one end portion curved to form an open loop, one portion of the loop being in the arc of one circle and the free end of the loop being formed in the arc of a dififerent circle, said rod having a body portion adapted to be submerged at one end into the soil, a closed loop formed within said rod intermediate the open loop and the opposite extremity of said rod, a clamp member longitudinally arched and having flanges on its long edges forming a curved chamber to receive the open loop of the rod, securing for holding the open looped end of the rod in adjusted position in the clamp on the shank of the cultivator, and the curved chamber being of sufficient size so that the looped end of the rod is retained therein in resilient adjustment.

JAMES O. SIMMONS, Se. 

